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One of Australia’s oldest brickmaking companies has had its lease extended after complaints threatened its closure and the state’s construction and housing industries. Austral Bricks at Rochedale was ...

Brickmaker Austral is fighting to build a clay quarry on farmland on Melbourne's northern edge that the local council says should be reserved for property development. Austral, a unit of ASX-listed ...